Chapter 1012: Beautiful Girl (57)

"Other than that, I can't think of any reason why she would waste so much time dealing with us when she clearly had such incredible abilities."

Leaning back against the car seat, Zuo Ran replied hoarsely, "Yeah… that should be it."

"So she really gave us a chance to change?" Wei Liang's voice choked with emotion. Covering his face with both hands, he said, "We were the ones who failed to notice it, failed to cherish it. Or maybe… maybe we're just rotten to the core. If everything that happened today hadn't happened, we would've never realized we were wrong, right?"

"Right," Zuo Ran answered quietly. "If there hadn't been such severe consequences, we would've never recognized our mistakes."

The two fell silent and didn't speak again.

A few days later, Chang Zhan informed Tang Guo that Zuo Ran and Wei Liang had begun serving their sentences. Both had received three years in prison. Their punishments had been increased due to Tang Guo's case, which had prompted revisions to the law.

Although there were still countless injustices in this world, and many things that laws and regulations could not govern—

Through the efforts of many people, the world was slowly becoming better.

No matter what era one lived in, there would always be hardships.

Some things could be changed through human effort.

Nothing remained the same forever.

"Since my time is limited, I only want to do things that make me feel at peace," Tang Guo said to the System. "Even if my methods are sometimes extreme, as long as I feel comfortable with them, that's enough. Why bother thinking about so much? Besides, I'm not a good person."

System: But Host, you're a person with principles.

He truly couldn't praise his host as a good person, because she genuinely wasn't one.

But having principles?

That was something he could praise wholeheartedly.

As long as no one provoked the Host, she wouldn't harm anyone.

But once someone crossed her—

They were doomed.

Host wasn't a good person, but she often did good deeds along the way. Although in her eyes, they probably didn't count as good deeds at all.

Most of the time, they were simply things she did on a whim because she felt like it.

Yet these were still things that countless people lacked the courage to do and couldn't accomplish.

She had once said:

"Since you have the ability to resist, why should you force yourself to live such a miserable life?"

"Endurance is advice given to people who have no power. If you don't have the strength to fight back, then of course all you can do is endure."

"Rules?" she had said with a laugh. "Rules are used to restrain those at the bottom. Look at the rules in cultivation worlds. The strong reign supreme. Because everyone there has the potential to become strong. Even the weakest person doesn't want to be shackled by rules. Only people trapped inside cages talk about rules, because they need them to survive. Without rules, their cage would descend into chaos."

"Cultivators are bound only by heaven and earth. Or perhaps it's more accurate to say that the cage they inhabit recognizes only the laws of strength and power."

"Think of it this way. A poor family buying groceries carefully records every expense and haggles over every price. Even if life is hard and they crave meat, they suppress their drooling and settle for vegetables because they need to survive."

"But rich people are different."

"Once you have money, what can't you buy? You can simply buy whatever you want."

System: So, Host, what you're saying is…

If people don't want to be wronged—

If they don't want to live such stifling lives—

Then they need ability, status, power, and wealth… right?